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27-528: A woggle (or neckerchief slide ) is a device to fasten the neckerchief , or scarf , worn as part of the Scout or Girl Guides uniform, originated by a Scout in the 1920s. One story relating to the origin of the word 'woggle' is that it was named to rhyme with the word boon doggle used in America. However the term woggle pre-dates the first known reference to this in 1925. There are a few other references to

54-601: A woggle or neckerchief slide ) and allowed to hang. A slip knot (vs. a simple reef or square knot) will give way if the neckerchief gets caught and is thus less likely to choke the wearer. Sailors in the United States Navy have worn a rolled black neckerchief since the American Civil War . It is currently part of the men's service dress uniform for junior enlisted sailors as well as the women's summer dress uniform. The Scouting movement makes

81-553: A "standard" woggle for their section, or home-made "special occasion" woggles such as the tiki mentioned above. Until trained to the Gilwell woggle level, leaders wear a plaited leather woggle with a dome fastening. Although the name woggle is used in many English-speaking countries, in the United States , the term woggle is reserved for the turk's head knot used to secure the neckerchief of Wood Badge participants. In

108-605: A black neckerchief as part of their uniform, usually folded under the shirt collar. It has been suggested that it was copied from Scouting, which was banned in Germany in 1935. In many Communist states , members of the Pioneer movement wore a red neckerchief which was sometimes worn without the rest of the uniform. This continues at present in China , Vietnam , and North Korea . Four-in-hand knot The four-in-hand knot

135-519: A discussion of the slide being a smart addition to the neckerchief and having some benefits over a knot to tie the neckerchief on. The article makes reference to making a troop's or patrol's own slide. In the same article, on page 63, the slide is referred to as a "Slip-On". In the 1930s through the 2000s, Boys' Life magazine (the Boy Scouts of America youth magazine) promoted the use and making of slides through articles and Slide Contests. In

162-568: A neat ring, submitted it, and had it accepted. I called it a Woggle and that's the name it's known by throughout the world. The Turk's head knot woggle designed by Bill Shankley became known as the Gilwell Woggle, as it has been traditionally presented to leaders who have completed their Wood Badge training. Trained leaders are admitted into 1st Gilwell Park Scout Troop, with the Gilwell Woggle as one of its symbols (since at least 1926). Because of its association with leader training, it

189-539: A neckerchief of different design and colours. In most countries each Scout Troop uses its own colour neckerchief. The colours are usually the "Troop Colours" which may have a particular historical significance to the troop or to the local community. At Scouting camps and jamborees these neckerchiefs represent units, subcamps or the camp as a whole. Fun scarves are also used as memorabilia at Scout events and country scarves are often traded at international gatherings In Canada , while most groups use colour neckerchiefs, there

216-587: A troop or a patrol . Neckerchiefs can also have important ceremonial functions in Scouting, for example, the 1st Gilwell Scout Group present a special neckerchief on completion of the Wood Badge . Some Traditional Scouting Associations use a square neckerchief folded over, as Scouts originally wore. In Nazi Germany , the Hitler Jugend , Deutsches Jungvolk and Bund Deutscher Mädel all wore

243-456: A woggle is the June 1923 edition of British The Scout . The term was quickly applied to other designs of fastener , of many shapes and sizes, and is today used around the world. The word ring was used in editions of the Scouting handbook Scouting for Boys until 1929 when Baden-Powell changed it in the 14th edition: It [the scarf] may be fastened at the throat by a knot or woggle, which

270-521: Is also an optional alternate universal pattern tartan neckerchief: white plaid on red for Scouts, gold plaid on dark green for Cubs. Alternating thick and thin lines of the plaid spell out "CANADA" in Morse code. In Australia , Queensland uses a single maroon necker for the whole state, while the other states allow groups, Venturer Units and Rover Crews to choose their own necker. Region and Branch Teams also have their own neckers. In Hungary , as well as

297-414: Is an example of a rams head made of bone and an illustration on how to make your own Turk's head slip-on. The article also comments that the neckerchief should be tied using the four-in-hand knot (often used to tie a necktie) when not using a slide. Two months later, Boys' Life magazine repeated many of the article key points. The name slide or neckerchief slide appears as early as October 1923 with

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324-547: Is not worn by other Scouts. Shankley's original Gilwell woggle is at the Scout Heritage Museum in Tasmania. The New Zealand Scouts sometimes use a plastic woggle in the shape of a traditional Maori carved head. More commonly though warranted leaders trained to Gilwell Woggle standard are allowed to wear the "traditional" leather Turk's head woggle. Keas, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers all wear either

351-469: Is some form of ring made of cord, metal or bone, or anything you like. Early Scouts tied a knot in their neckerchief (scarf) to fasten it around the neck. In the United States, experiments were made with rings made from bone, rope or wood. A young British Scouter, Bill Shankley, who was responsible for running a workshop and developing ideas for camping equipment at Gilwell Park , became aware of

378-415: Is tied by placing the tie around the neck and crossing the broad end of the tie in front of the narrow end. The broad end is folded behind the narrow end and brought forward on the opposite side, passed across the front horizontally, folded behind the narrow end again, brought over the top of the knot from behind, tucked behind the horizontal pass, and the knot pulled snug. The knot is slid up the narrow end of

405-580: The British Army . Baden-Powell copied Burnham's practical style of dress, including "a grey-coloured handkerchief, loosely tied around the neck to prevent sunburn" . When Baden-Powell launched the Scout Movement with the book Scouting for Boys in 1908, he prescribed a neckerchief or scarf as part of the Scout uniform, which he stated was "very like the uniform worn by my men when I commanded

432-535: The Scouts , Girl Guides and other similar youth movements. A neckerchief consists of a triangular piece of cloth or a rectangular piece folded into a triangle. The long edge is rolled towards the point, leaving a portion unrolled. The neckerchief is then fastened around the neck with the ends either tied or clasped with a slide or woggle . Neckerchiefs worn by sailors are shaped like a square, and are folded in half diagonally before rolling, with rolling occurring from

459-509: The South African Constabulary " . He continued; "Every Troop has its own scarf colour, since the honour of your Troop is bound up in the scarf, you must be very careful to keep it tidy and clean." Initially, Scout neckerchiefs were tied with a variety of knots, but the use of a "woggle" or slide, originated in the United States in the early 1920s and quickly spread around the Scouting world. Each Scout group would have

486-475: The 1920s and 1930s, Boys' Life sponsored contests for unique slides, and winning designs were featured in the magazine. In the late 1940s, a feature article called Slide of the Month began to grace the pages. Most of the articles were written by W. Ben Hunt from Hales Corners, Wisconsin under the pen name "Whittlin' Jim". Many of the slide ideas were sent into the magazine by Scouts and Scouters as evidenced by

513-476: The American rings, and set out to create something similar. The result was the Gilwell Woggle. On the origin of the woggle, Shankley said: They used to knot their scarves, which used to get creased and stick out at the ends. But in America the early Scouts used to plait up various stuffs to make a ring for theirs — they called it a boon-doggle. I got some thin sewing machine leather belting, plaited it into

540-565: The Hungarian diaspora communities in countries such as the US, the necktie color is national rather than distinctive for each troop, being light blue for ages 10 and younger and grass green for ages 11 and up. In other countries individual patrols are identifiable by their neckerchiefs and so troops may have many different neckerchiefs all at once. In both of these cases the neckerchief and its colours are an issue of identity, and become emblematic of

567-534: The US, the object used to secure the neckerchief is called a neckerchief slide . An early photographic reference to a slide is in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) magazine Scouting of 1 April 1917. The cover for November 1917 issue prominently shows a Scout wearing a slide to hold the neckerchief in place. In the BSA magazine Scouting from August 1923, the term "slip-on" and "slide" are both referenced. There

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594-628: The neckerchief part of its uniform. A generally ceremonial item, the neckerchief is taught to be a practical wilderness item in the Scouting tradition. The neckerchief, unrolled, is designed to be the perfect size for use as a triangular bandage for first aid . The origin of the Scouting neckerchief seems to be in Robert Baden-Powell 's participation in the Second Matabele War in 1896; where he worked with Frederick Russell Burnham , an American-born scout employed by

621-510: The notes Jim included in the article thanking individuals for the slide ideas. After Mr. Hunt's death in the early 1970s, several authors took on the "Slide of the Month" responsibility. The last article was printed in March 2001, the "Rattlesnake" made from wire, tube, colored tape, beads, and googly eyes. Over 300 Slide of the Month articles appeared in Boys' Life magazine. The first appearance of

648-486: The term "woggle" in Boys' Life was in February 1966 with reference to a question in a quiz, asking what woggle is to a British Scout. Neckerchief A neckerchief (from neck (n.) + kerchief ), sometimes called a necker , kerchief or scarf , is a type of neckwear associated with those working or living outdoors, including farm labourers, cowboys and sailors . It is most commonly still seen today in

675-462: The tie until snug against the collar. Using the notation of The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie , by Thomas Fink and Yong Mao, the four-in-hand knot (knot 2) is tied When it is used to attach rope to an object, the four-in-hand knot is known as the buntline hitch . It was used by sailors throughout the Age of Sail to rig ships and remains a useful working knot today. A variant of the four-in-hand, with

702-405: The tip of the resulting triangle to its hypotenuse. Either neckerchief is then placed on the wearer's back, under or over the shirt collar with the ends at the front of the wearer. The rolled ends then pass around the neck until they meet in front of it, where they are secured together, either with a knot , such as a reef knot or a slip knot , or with a rubber band or other fastener (called

729-427: The word woggle before its adoption by the Scout movement. It is thought that woggle was a verb, with similar meanings to waggle and wobble, in the 16th century. It was in limited use as a noun around 1900. Another report is that William 'Bill' Shankley, while working at Gilwell Park with Scouting's founder, prior to 1922, called it a woggle, 'a name given to something without a name'. The earliest known reference to

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